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Once again to all my prodigious readers, this will take you so long to read that I suggest you get refreshments now and empty your bladder while your at it.
So now without any further delay, I present…
The Shaga Saga
Act 11: Breaking Free
(♪Oh, I want to break free-ee!!!♫)
Kai's POV
'Huh? Where am I. It looks like a room… but it's moving?'
I looked around me at the strange surroundings. There were boxes and crates piled up around me and the walls appeared to be made of metal. Opposite of me there was a door with a high, round window in it looking out into the dimming night sky.
As I was in the processes of testing the ropes binding me when the door creaked open, ushering in a blinding light. It was blocked out as that fat man that had kidnapped Shaga in my body.
I glared death at him for indignity. He just grins madly, that insane look that I'm all too familiar with.
"Remember me, brat?" The guy snickers, folding his hands over his bulging girth.
I don't bother answering; after all, I think his brain would explode if I tried to explain our previous encounter to him. That might actually kind of amusing…
"Not so witty now, huh?" He grins and pulls out some black bag sort of thing.
For a hot second I was scared, maybe even half a nano-second. But then the man slid the bag thing on his own head. Yup, that ski mask makes you impossible to recognize. I'll bet your mommy watching Jerry Springer wouldn't recognize even if you stormed the stage wearing a shirt with the two of you on it.
I roll my eyes and glare disbelievingly at him. He growles at me as if I'm doing something wrong. Now I am confused… But lack the care to feel like figuring it out.
"So I guess then, you figured out that we have paralyzed your body, vocal cords included." He grinned widely again.
I have a bad feeling that Shaga said something that I'll have to pay for…
The guy crossed his arms, barely crossing due to the amount blubber on this beached whale.
"C'mon, you're coming with me." He glowered, dragging me away.
Stupid, short minded, impudent, fool…
I continued to list off fitting adjectives as another part of my mind starting turning out some sort of escape scenario that might actually get me out of here alive. And I don't think blowing everything to the high heavens meets those qualifications…
With Shaga, Mint and Ray
"They said he'd be on boat in this canel…" Mint reittered. "They said he'd be visiable…"
They all were anxious, but Mint was pacing atop the railing of a bridge crossing the expansive water way.
"I'm scanning the boats for anybody with shady backgrounds." Shaga reported, a bit of attitude seeping into her voice.
"Yeah, that'll work." Ray scoffed, bringing the binoculars to his eyes.
"What did you say?" Shaga hissed venomously.
"I said: that won't work! More than 60 of boat drivers have some criminal past and 80 of drivers have at least 3 DWI!" Ray argued, swinging around to face her.
Shaga growled but submitted to his correct judgement. She turned back, her eyes focusing on one the visual of the boats instead of their crew database.
"You know… I'm still not liking your idea." Mint mumbled, scratching her head nervously.
Shaga sighed exaspiratively, mouthing 'why me?' at the sky. She slowly nodded for her to continue.
"Well, it just that we have a lot more resources and we could potentially do better." Mint began, crutching down on the rail. "If we have a near unlimited supply, why not use it?" Mint shrugged.
"She has a point." Ray added, letting the binoculars dangle from the bridge.
Shaga sighed and placed her head in her arms.
"So then what do you purpose?" She asked, ready for even the dumbest idea to pour forth from their uncanny aid.
With Kai (still his POV)
"Sit and stay." The fat man growled and shoved me against the wall.
The paralysis made me slump to the floor. Unfortunately for me the paralysis didn't numb me and I had fallen in a very painful position.
How much to my surprise, I could feel the strength coming back to me. Slowly that tingling sensation of my nerves revitalizing crept through my body.
"Where are they? Have you seen them yet?" The fat man asked his partner, a thin, almost sickly looking man.
"No. They appear to be late." He reported, "and our bargaining chip?"
"He's fine, thanks to that poison, he's not as cheeky as was the first time." The man said, sounding a bit happier.
"That's because you got the wrong person, you incompetent fool!" The sickly man berated him.
I guess we know who wears the pants in this relationship.
I rolled my eyes and tilted my head, deliberating over which strategy to use now. Plan A or Plan S-ZZ… Decisions, decisions.
"Can't we signal them or something?" The fat man asked, obviously his brain is few sizes smaller than his stomach.
And the sickly man agrees with me…
"Yes, sure, light up the river, that won't draw any unnesicary attention to ourselves." The man said sarcastically.
"Sorry." The fat man said, sounding more like a lost puppy.
I was growing sick of this fast. I began to test the extent of the paralysis and was able to stand for an astounding 3 and half seconds, yay me.
The men continued their stupid babbling as I slowly and silently made way to the railing of the boat. I basically just rolled there.
Damned paralysis. I began to pull at the rope again. From how easy they just fell off I'm going to guess the fat guy with tiny brain tied the knots.
And between my two spectacualar feats I think most of the paralysis wore off.
So, guess what I do! I stand, laugh, spin to face the rail and fall on my arse.
I laid there, staring at the sky for who knows how long before the sky stopped spinning. I think I might have bruised my tailbone… But defiantly bruised my ego…
I stood again, this time supporting myself on the rail. I was surprised, that jolt to my system seemed to have knocked the paralysis from my system.
I jumped on the rail, feeling completely invulnerable.
"Catch ya later ladies!" I shouted at the two incompetent fools.
They turned, mouths agaped and sputtering letters. Priceless.
I fell back into the water, back flipping into a dive.
With our favorite, mostly OC trio
"Look!" Ray shouted as he seen a lone figure suicide dive into the river.
"That was Kai!" Shaga shouted, her heat vision eyes easily watching him pick his way to shore.
"Lets go get him!" Mint shouted, running nimbly across the railing.
The three sped to the shore, all of them frantically searching for their mysterious friend. Shaga's eyes switched again, illuminating some footprints leading into the light tree cover behind them.
Shaga led them to Kai's unconscious body. Shaga knelt beside him, stroking back his slate bangs.
"C'mon Shaga, carry him and we'll hide out at my house." Mint instructed, already starting to move on.
"Looks like our plans are obsilite." Shaga mused.
"I'm not so sure." Ray replied. "They can track us, they must have seen Mint, we can put her at risked." Ray said, his face determined.
"What!? I'll be fine!" Mint protested, but was shushed by Shaga.
"What do you have in mind, Kon?" Shaga asked, narrowing her eyes on him.
"I can disguise myself as Kai, swim to the other side of the river and loose them in the woods, then I can change back and meet you guys in the park later." He laid out, nodding to them.
"Fine." Shaga said flatly. "If you're not back by an hour and half, we'll assume your either dead or captured and leave without you."
"Thanks for the concern." Ray said sarcastically and shifted his image into that of Kai.
The girls with Kai in tow dashed away, easily blending in with the eerie darkness draped over the forest. Ray nodded after them and dove into the river.
'Wow, this river is surprisingly deep.' He thought as he swam over 10 feet under without any visable traces of ground underneath him.
He surfaced, letting the would-be-abductors get a look at his face. Each powerful stroke brought him closer to the opposite shore.
However, he was finding it more and more difficult to ignore the uneasy silence that had settled over the river. The hairs on the back of his neck prickled and his intuition roared at him, urging him under.
Ignoring those he looked over his should just in time to see a projectile of some sort skip past him, burying its self deep in the water.
Panic stole the colour from his face as he began to frantically swim. He creat massive waves as he flailed around, scared to the point that he was not even aware of the water or the waves or even the projectiles still skipping past him.
He drove under, eyes opened and wildly darting around the sereal scene, watching the blurry dancing of particles and darts.
Another arrow sliced by him. He reached out, grasping the shaft of the weapon. The thing was light and had an unusual tip. He tossed it aside and swam on.
His lungs screamed and burned as his desire to stay under began to push him to his physical limits. He came up, snatching in some air before sinking benieth the surface again. Before he could even make two stokes an arrow caught him in the back, the shaft breaking off, leaving only the arrow head wedged between his shoulderblades.
'I must… what? No!' His mind screamed as his limbs began to go numb. 'I'm out of time… I hope I change back after I die…'
His mind fogged and sank into the depths of the water, waving away the burning lungs and throbbing headache. There was no need or will to heed them now.
With Shaga, Mint, and Kai (Kai's POV)
I bolted up, grasping at my throat. My chest burned and my head pounded. Something wasn't right. Why do I feel like I'm dying!?
No… not just dying… Drowning.
"Kai, are you okay?" Shaga asked, her delicate yet firm hand clasping my shoulder.
I looked at her momentarily, the odd sensations still rampaging through my body. I glanced away and looked around the room.
The room was cluttered, mechanical tools hanging on the walls, out on desks, sticking out from beneth everything. A few wires and computer chips decorated the walls and surfaces, along side multiple wires, batteries, and magnets. There were even more things I couldn't identify.
"You're in Mint's room. She went to get some food. Ray left to throw those men off our trail and I have yet to dected his prensence in the park." Shaga reported, probably listing things off in her order of importance.
I swung off the bed, retriving my jacket and Stealing Mint's vest in the process. The fire had dies out in my lungs and I felt a sudden relief wash over me. I wasn't dying any more but something was still not adding up. I was hardly underwater and I was out of the water before I even had a chance to get any in my lungs. I remember coming a shore and collapsing the forest.
I shook my head and started at the window. I think Ray might be in trouble, that's the only semi-logical explanation… if this was a romance or science fiction novel… or even a romantic science fiction novel…
I must have suffered brain damage or something… I'm rambling still…
"Waut, are you going for Ray?" Shaga asked, taking my arm and looking at me with these helpless puppy dog eyes.
I would kill her now, but I'm not evil enough to kick puppies. Walruses on the other hand…
"I'll come too." Shaga announced.
I shook my head no and placed my hands on her shoulders. These men were after her and I wasn't about to let her do something stupid. It was stupid enough that they gave an android emotions.
Some how she got the message… or least a message, and nodded.
I dashed out the window and accidently off the stair well. Lucky for me I'm made awesome, so I was able land virtually unfazed and ran off towards the canal.
I quickly made it to the edge of the canal, spotting the boat. I initially spoted it becuase I seen me tied to the railing. At first I thought this was one of those out of body experiences, until I remembered the useful devices Mint had created.
I shifted my form and lit a signal flare. I chucked it at the boat, successfully catching their attention. I seen the boat slowly start my way, but just to show a bit of impatients I lit another and gave it enough to bounce it off the fat man's head.
I don't think it hurt, but it defiantly startled him. I'd never seen a whale move that fast, on land or water.
"Glad you made it Shaga." The sickly man called out, ingoring the fat man's distress.
"Give me Kai!" I hissed, managing to sound more pissed than amused.
"First give us your blue prints and weapons manual." The man said as he nodded at his partner.
The fat man brought a knife to Ray's jaw, the tip indenting his skin slightly.
I felt a tingling sensation, as if the knife was at my throat.
I felt around in the backpack I boosted from teenage on the way here. I stealthily placed an image inducing dot on it making it appear more like a government issue diskette. The way I removed it made it look as if I got it from my neck, like when Shaga plugs into the wall.
"I have it, now give me my friend!" I shouted, jumping down to the deck of the boat.
The fat man untied Ray and roughly held him out. I handed over the CD and and took Ray from fatso. I slung him on my back and jumped back to the bridge, running like Hell was at my heels.
Even before I got completely across the bridge I heard Britnay Spears blasting from the boat. Oops, I did it again.
"Shaga! You tricked us!" The man shouted, running to the deck. "You're suppose to be incapable of decite!"
I turned back smirking, smirking even wider as the fat man attempted to dance.
"Not Shaga!" I called back, turning off our image inducers.
The man stood there sputtering letters at me again. However he recovered much faster, must be getting use to me doing stuff like this.
I barely made behind some trees some nasty looking darts streaked by. I hugged the tree line, slowly inching around. I peeked around and yanked my head back as more darts came sailing by.
"Kai! Over here!" I heard somebody whisper to me.
I turned to see Mint and Shaga dressed as tacky bushes. Their faces painted and arms coated in twigs. And believe it or not, Mint had a hairpiece composed entirely of leaves.
"Here, use this." Mint whispered and rolled a small metallic sphere across the clearing.
I looked at it then to Mint and pressed a button on the top. The sphere came to life, zapping me. I dropped it and the image of Ray and myself dashed away, headed in the wrong direction.
I swiftly crossed as I watched their fire chase after the holograms. I laid Ray down for Shaga to do a quick examination.
"Ray!" Shaga whispered harshly, lightly slapping his face.
He groaned and shifted around, grasping Shaga's forearms and mine.
"C'mon, Shaga can torture him later. The holograms are probably out of range by now." Mint said and waved for us to follow.
She took to us another train station, this one heading even further into nowhere. It was here that she handed over her precious backpack and bid us adieu.
"Take care!" Said waving fervently then transforming into her little old lady person. "You youngsters remember to write me! Other wise I'll take you out of my will!" She chuckled and slowly departed.
"She is a very… unique… character." Shaga said nodding.
I chuckled bemusedly and nodded. Ray mumbled incoherently in Chinese as his unconscious agreement.
Wooty-whoo! Chapter 11 down and done! And congradulation readers! You've reached the half way point! Stayed tuned for the totally awesome next 11 chapters! Aren't you excited!!! Come on! Say it with me! Yay! 11 more to go!!!
Now for the serious part… You will all get so confused in the coming chapters with Shivo, the mystery man. He won't bite, but I will. So ask him if you questions.
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